BLOOD CULTURES IN PNEUMONIA
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Predicting positive blood cultures in patients presenting with pneumonia at an Emergency Department in Singapore.
INTRODUCTION Routine blood cultures have been recommended for all patients in treatment guidelines for community-acquired pneumonia (CAP). This practice has become a major area of resource utilisation, despite the lack of evidence in its clinical utility. Calls for abandoning the practice is balanced by the occasions of uncovering an unexpected pathogen or an unusual antimicrobial resistance pa...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of the American Medical Association
سال: 1912
ISSN: 0002-9955
DOI: 10.1001/jama.1912.04260060190005